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Analytical Project Vladimir Putin‘S Russia ANALYTICAL PROJECT VLADIMIR PUTIN‘S RUSSIA August 26, 2014 No. 3 Aggression in Ukraine: What Consequences Await Its Architects? Marius Laurinavičius, Senior Analyst, Eastern Europe Studies Centre In the first article about Dmitry Rogozin’s clan, signed back in 1954 by USSR leader Nikita I discussed how this clan developed and gained Khrushchev. strength. However, in the context of aggression against Ukraine it is crucial to focus attention To make it clearer, Russian Parliament did not not just on Rogozin and his clan’s ideology or reject the possibility of Ukraine’s disunity: “If rhetoric. Ukraine’s government only looks to the West, then the Southeast regions can go their own There is plenty of publicly-available way”. It might allegedly happen that the information that allows one to make an Western Ukraine joins the EU while the Eastern assumption that this particular clan of Russian and Southeast Ukraine joins the Russian-led government was the main axis of executors and Customs union. It is known that Zhuravlev tried visionaries behind the aggression towards to apply the same scenario to Odessa and other Ukraine. areas in Ukraine, but did not succeed. All strands lead to one point In this context the chronology of Axyonov’s Let’s start with the fact that aggression in “bringing to power” in Crimea is also very Crimea started not at the end of February when eloquent. On February 25 Zhuravlev made a it was all over the news, but in the beginning of public announcement about the general “anti- February. Zhuravlev, the deputy of Duma and fascist reserve” mobilization for protecting “Rodina’s” leader who was seen as Rogozin’s Sevastopol and other Crimean cities. second-hand, established the “Slavic anti-fascist Supposedly there was a threat of “Maidan front” in Crimea. It is important to stress that mobsters” seizing the government. this movement was created with none other than Sergey Axyonov, the leader of region’s On the same day Zhuravlev flew to Crimea, and “Russian Unity” party who came to power after on the night from February 26 to 27 the armed the Crimean revolution. men invaded Crimean Parliament and government. After a few hours Axyonov Zhuravlev did not even try to mask his plans. showed up in the Parliament and (supervised by According to him, the battle groups were armed gunmen) started inviting its members to a created right away to “fight the fascist gunmen”. meeting where the Crimean parliament deposed He also made an announcement about the the government of the former frontmen Parliament’s group that would review the Yanukovych, and Axyonov was appointed a decision to give Crimea to Ukraine that was new prime minister. 1 www.eesc.lt ANALYTICAL PROJECT VLADIMIR PUTIN‘S RUSSIA As stated by Simon Shuster, the “Times” officially mentioned among the experts of journalist who was observing the situation in “Russian doctrine” that was prepared according Sevastopol and investigating Axyonov’s coming to Rogozin’s request. to power, until recently Axyonov had not been seen as a powerful figure in Crimea, yet Ukraine's Security Services has no doubt that at suddenly he controlled the army of thousands of least part of the Russian aggression against troops and could be called a “warlord”. Ukraine was financed and organized by the Orthodox billionaire Konstantin Malofeyev. At It is now known that the army was directly the beginning of the bloody battles in Donbass supervised by Girkin, the same man who was at they even recorded and published Malofeyev’s least theoretically close to Rogozin regarding phone conversation with Girkin where they Russia’s military-historical community. He later discussed the course of aggression. became publicly known as the leader of Russian saboteurs in Donbass, and then was appointed It is alleged that after the withdrawal (some say the Axyonov’s deputy for security. it was not completely voluntary) from the Federal Security Service anti-terrorist units, Independent observers in Crimea state that Girkin found shelter under the wing of Parliament and government buildings were Malofeyev’s security structures. Borodai also occupied by the Girkin’s so-called “self-defense worked for Malofeyev - it was confirmed by the squads”, and Russian army troops came to help Russian oligarch himself. And the "Orthodox much later - just ahead of the so-called billionaire” himself is not only Dugin’s referendum on Crimea’s accession to Russia. ideological follower, but also the sponsor of his activities - at least the ones overseas. At the It is also worth remembering that Axyonov’s beginning of May, it was Malofeyev who father was the leader of the “Russian funded the congress of Dugin and various community” party in Moldova and the active European radicals (from the President of the instigator of the Transnistrian separatism. He French National Front Marine Le Pen to the personally participated in all the events in Austrian Freedom Party leader Heinz Christian Transnistria. A then-young Russian politician Strache and other similar figures) in Vienna. Rogozin, as mentioned, was not only famous for Malofeyev is one of the biggest sponsors of his support for the “Russian communities” in all Father Tichon (who seems to be close to Putin), the former Soviet republics, but together with the real member of the Izborsk club. General Lebed had a significant impact on region’s separation from Moldova. It can On March 12 this year (before the so-called therefore be assumed that Rogozin has long referendum) daily newspaper “Kommersant” been personally acquainted with Axyonov’s reported that Crimea is funded through three father, if not the Axyonov himself. Russian funds. One of them is managed by Malofeyev, other - by the CEO of Russian Alexander Borodai, who was the prime minister Railways Vladimir Yakunin, and the third is of the so-called People’s Republic of Donetsk generally referred to as an inter-regional public and the former advisor of Crimean prime organization “Veche”. When one looks at minister Axyonov, and who resigned in early “Veche’s” founders, it is clear that the August and was deeply involved in all the organization is closely related to people who are aggression not only in Donbass together with close to Rogozin’s clan - the co-owner of Girkin, is an old comrade of Rogozin’s clan “Rostelmash” and other related business units member, “Zavtra’s” editor Prochanov, the Konstantin Babkin, Mikhail Delyagin and author of the magazine and the partner in Maxim Kalashnikov. Later the relation between various other projects. Moreover, Borodai is these funds and Crimean funding was confirmed by other sources as well, although 2 www.eesc.lt ANALYTICAL PROJECT VLADIMIR PUTIN‘S RUSSIA their managers and owners kept on insisting that Due to the potentially too high economic price the funding was for humanitarian and charity of Crimean annexation, the so-called liberal purposes only. clans did not approve such actions from the very beginning. However, they did not protest too Malofeyev’s longtime partner is Schiogolev, much in the light of Crimean events. But it Putin’s assistant who is close to “Izborsk club”. looks like only Chemezov’s and Ivanov’s In addition, it is known that Malofeyev has been groups supported Rogozin’s desire to occupy associated with Sergey Ivanov, the son of the the whole Eastern Ukraine. All other “siloviki” head of President’s administration, and a leader groups at least partially joined the “liberals” of yet another influential Russian government who were loudly demanding not to get involved clan that is close to Rogozin. in this adventure in Donbass that is costly in all senses. In the high-profile scandal regarding the purchase of Rostelekom two names resonated It can be assumed that Putin’s position started to loudly - Malofeyev and Ivanov Jr., who was change clearly because Rogozin’s comrades then one of the “Gazprombank” managers. But were fighting in Donbass. He recognized the some sources stated that the scandalous newly elected president of Ukraine Petro transaction was generally conducted not in favor Poroshenko, called separatists not to hold a of Malofeyev or Ivanov Jr., but the head of the referendum on the status of the region and did current presidential administration - Ivanov Sr. not (unlike the Crimea) recognize its results, and started the peace talks. Some sources say that at the beginning of Crimean aggression Rogozin presented Ivan It can be assumed that this is why Dugin, the Demidov (who also works in President’s main promoter of public key military administration, and is a former TV reporter) as intervention in Ukraine, was removed from the the direct curator of the operation. post in Moscow State University, and his supporters as well as himself are now rarely Positions separated after Crimea invited to Russian TV channels. Perhaps this is why Girkin’s discredit campaign has been Although there is enough data that allows to launched, and it started to seem like Russia was assume that Rogozin’s clan was the main supporting the terrorists with one hand, and architect and executor behind the aggression fighting them with the other. towards Ukraine, almost all other powerful “siloviki” clans joined the subject of Crimean After a terrible shoot down of Malaysian liner annexation. First was the clan of yet another these trends were particularly highlighted. Both military-industrial complex representative Ukraine and Russia began to loudly discuss the Chemezov, then the clans of Russian Railways possibility that Kremlin might have ordered the CEO Vladimir Yakunin (his comrade is liquidation of all of the key terrorist leaders who Sevastopol’s “people’s mayor”Alexey Chaly) arrived from Russia. Coincidentally (or so it and former Prime Minister, current Minister of seemed), shortly after that, they all retired from Foreign Affairs and the Head of Foreign official posts, and gave way to the locals - Intelligence Yevgeny Primakov, the group of Donetsk and Lugansk separatists.
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